Evolution of China’s Coastal Economy since the Belt and Road Initiative Based on Nighttime Light Imagery

Xiaohan Wang, Minqiang Zhou (), Yining Xia, Junshen Zhang, Jianting Sun and Bin Zhang
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Xiaohan Wang: College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Minqiang Zhou: Zhejiang University Urban—Planning & Design Institute Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310030, China
Yining Xia: College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Junshen Zhang: ZJU Qizhen Future City Tec (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310030, China
Jianting Sun: Alibaba Cloud Computing Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 311121, China
Bin Zhang: Zhejiang University Urban—Planning & Design Institute Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310030, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: The joint construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road proposed by China has brought major development opportunities for the development of countries and regions along the routes. Traditional GDP statistics based on administrative units cannot describe the spatial differences of GDP within administrative units, which has certain limitations in exploring regional economic development analysis and supporting economic development decision making. Based on NPP-VIIRS luminous remote sensing data, land use data, and statistical yearbook data, this paper analyzes the spatial–temporal evolution pattern of economic level in China’s coastal economic belt from 2012 to 2021 using the Moran index and standard deviation ellipse. An unbalanced distribution of economic development are found along China coastal area and the economic gravity center moved southwest since the Belt and Road Initiative. The results show thatthe Yangtze River Delta was extremely active , and the economic growth of the south was better than that of the north. The grided GDP map presents more details of regional economic development, and provides an opportunity for further mechanisms exploration of the development process.

Keywords: the Belt and Road Initiative; NPP-VIIRS nighttime data; spatiotemporal pattern; China’s coastal economic zone (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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